Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Specialist Dietitian - Oncology (Lung) and Respiratory

The closing date is 03 August 2025

Job summary

Specialist Dietitian for Oncology (Lung) and Respiratory

This exciting opportunity allows you to play a pivotal role in providing specialist dietetic care within a Multidisciplinary team for Lung Oncology and Respiratory patients. You will manage an outpatient clinic and provide Dietetic input for our Respiratory ward patients, ensuringoptimal nutritional care for a complex and high-needs patient group. This will allow you to develop and expand your enteral feeding skills and experience.

Due to the cross-over of ventilated patients in ICU and the Respiratory ward, this role will have an aspect of secondary cover for ICU. This will be an opportunity to practice your existing skills, or be supported to develop new ICU skills, gaining experience in this area with support of the ICU Dietetic Lead.

This is a part-time (2 days a week) role that will work closely with another Respiratory Dietitian colleague and the Oncology Dietetic Lead. You will receive support from our Dietetic Assistant, Department Administrator, as well as the wider Dietetic team.

At Queen Elizabeth Hospital, we prioritise professional development and well-being. You'll benefit from sound clinical supervision, CPD opportunities, flexible working options, and access to Trust-wide inclusivity and wellness initiatives.

Join us and be part of a supportive team that values your passion and expertise.

PLEASE NOTE: We are unable to offer sponsorship for this post

Main duties of the job

We encourage everyone within our team to participate in audits, service evaluation, and continuous professional development. We will also support you to lead on service improvements, resource development and QI projects.

At Lewisham and Greenwich Trust we promote an accessible, inclusive and innovative workplace, enabling the us to deliver fair and equitable outcomes for staff, patients and carers. We value and prioritise staff wellbeing, and the Trust provides range of initiatives to support this.

Location: Your base will be at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, SE London, a hub of healthcare excellence.

Flexible Working: We value work-life balance and are open to considering a variety of flexible working arrangements to suit your needs.

Join Us: If you're an organized and motivated Dietitian eager to enhance your skills and make a difference, we'd love to hear from you. For an informal chat, please contact:

Daniel Baptiste, Deputy Head of Dietetics

daniel.baptiste@nhs.net.

About us

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
Improving the experience of staff with disability
Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
Making equalities mainstream

Date posted

17 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum including HCAS (Pro-rata)

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

1 years

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

UT7054

Job locations

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich

Stadium Road

London

SE18 4QH

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. To provide assessment, monitoring, therapeutic dietary advice and education to a range of patients within specialist area.

2. To contribute to the nutrition and dietetic department objectives through service delivery and participation in service development.

3. To provide effective highly specialist nutritional and dietetic advice to health care professionals and other agencies.

4. To manage specialist caseload (lung Oncology) and provide an outpatient clinic

5. Contribute to maintaining the inpatient Dietetic service to the Respiratory ward

6. Provide cover for the Critical Care unit, as required.

7. To represent dietetics at multidisciplinary meetings, specialist oncology and respiratory meetings and participate in groups such as BDA Oncology Group.

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. To provide assessment, monitoring, therapeutic dietary advice and education to a range of patients within specialist area.

2. To contribute to the nutrition and dietetic department objectives through service delivery and participation in service development.

3. To provide effective highly specialist nutritional and dietetic advice to health care professionals and other agencies.

4. To manage specialist caseload (lung Oncology) and provide an outpatient clinic

5. Contribute to maintaining the inpatient Dietetic service to the Respiratory ward

6. Provide cover for the Critical Care unit, as required.

7. To represent dietetics at multidisciplinary meetings, specialist oncology and respiratory meetings and participate in groups such as BDA Oncology Group.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

BSc Nutrition & Dietetics or BSc in relevant science subject plus post-graduate diploma Nutrition & Dietetics.
HCPC registration.
Member of special interest group and /or experience of clinical specialty.

Desirable

Accredited BDA course at masters level, or equivalent, in specialist area.
Clinical supervisory skills training.

Experience

Essential

Experience of dietary management within defined specialist area.
Experience of dietetic student training.
>1 year post registration clinical experience

Desirable

Experience working in the NHS

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

Specialist knowledge of nutrition and dietetics.
Highly developed oral communication skills with people from a wide variety of backgrounds
Experience of enteral feeding

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

BSc Nutrition & Dietetics or BSc in relevant science subject plus post-graduate diploma Nutrition & Dietetics.
HCPC registration.
Member of special interest group and /or experience of clinical specialty.

Desirable

Accredited BDA course at masters level, or equivalent, in specialist area.
Clinical supervisory skills training.

Experience

Essential

Experience of dietary management within defined specialist area.
Experience of dietetic student training.
>1 year post registration clinical experience

Desirable

Experience working in the NHS

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

Specialist knowledge of nutrition and dietetics.
Highly developed oral communication skills with people from a wide variety of backgrounds
Experience of enteral feeding

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich

Stadium Road

London

SE18 4QH

Employer's website

https://www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich

Stadium Road

London

SE18 4QH

Employer's website

https://www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)